Subj : Re: random stuff. was: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Nightfox
From : fusion
Date : Mon Sep 15 2025 20:23:22

On 15 Sep 2025, Nightfox said the following...
 
 Ni> I don't mind having an optical drive inside my PC, and I actually
 Ni> somewhat prefer that.  If I used an external optical drive, then every
 Ni> time I'd want to rip a disc, I'd have to go get it and plug it in, and
 Ni> then when I'm done, unplug it and put it away.  And my PC has plenty of
 Ni> SATA ports..  I only have one other drive using a SATA port, which is a
 Ni> HDD (and my boot drive is an m.2 SSD, which uses its own port).

yeah, i usually keep the drive on my desk, and attached (though i turn it's power supply off when not in use) .. which seems silly, but i do use every single sata port (all six!) and both of the nvme ports. not quite to the point where i've started collecting external hard drives and powered usb hubs to daisy-chain all that stuff together but.. ;)

 Ni> It actually seems odd to me that it's difficult to find a new PC case
 Ni> these days with exposed 5.25" drive bays, or even 3.5" drive bays.  In
 Ni> addition to an optical drive, I usually like to have an internal card
 Ni> reader as well.  I have several devices that use an SD card for storage,
 Ni> and I've found it useful to be able to have an internal card reader for
 Ni> those in my PC and not need yet another external thing to plug/unplug
 Ni> when I need to use it.

amazon has lots of them.. from Antec for example. i think they just keep manufacturing the same old designs. might not work if you have to use a giant cooling solution to keep a 12 core cpu happy though. for a while i wanted to get a rackmount case, but it's a bit impractical for a desk unless you build the rack above or below it (or have lots of other gear that needs to go there too).

 Ni> In the past, I've had smartphones that had a micro-SD slot, and I'd use a
 Ni> micro-SD to SD adapter to use in my PC's card reader to copy files
 Ni> to/from the micro-SD card for my phone.  However, many smartphones these
 Ni> days don't have a micro-SD slot anymore, which I think is a bummer..  My

for now, with the right version of android, you could use Termux and start an sshd from the prompt.. then connect over the network to your phone with sftp. i didn't catch if you were a linux user, but jmtpfs works pretty nice too if you just plug in the phone (usb again.. yeah)

since we're on the topic of optical media, i thought this was pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJzpp_Xr3SQ

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